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A new assessment of the West's colonial record
In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989 ...
In the late nineteenth century when non-European societies were seen merely as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a ...
A thrilling tale of discovery and the history of Homo floresiensis.
There is only one kind of human on earth today- us. But we are ...
There is a little Neanderthal in all of us. Although they have been extinct for 40,000 years, our genetic inheritance means that they are ...
Popular culture is rife with movies, books, and television shows that address our collective curiosity about what the world was like long ago. From historical ...
On a balmy Townsville night in 1944, young serviceman Warwick Meale is found beaten to death under a bridge.
The army and police do not ...
How did the dog become man's best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of ...
In this anthology, 25 leading scholars from across the globe describe and analyse how different societies have handled crisis. In ancient Greek, a crisis refers ...
Why do Greek lorries have Metaphores written on the side? Is it grammatically correct to say 'the best team won' after a football match? What ...
'Neimas book, impeccably researched and beautifully written, will be an inspiration for anyone looking to an alternative future today.' - Stella Tillyard, author of Aristocrats and ...
Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern ...
A roving philosophical journey into what makes us human.' Gripping and brilliantly told, We Hominids deftly blends personal experience with a journalist's eye for ...
Strangers do it, friends do it, politicians do it and so do chimpanzees: in fact, the handshake is so deeply embedded in our history and ...
